Hohenfels, Konstanz

Geography

The municipal area is located north of Lake Constance on the eastern rim of the Hegau region, about 8km (5.0mi) east of Stockach. It includes the villages of Deutwang, Kalkofen, Liggersdorf, Mindersdorf, and Selgetsweiler.

United States Garrison Hohenfels

The German Army originally founded a training area in Hohenfels in 1938. On April 24, 1945, Major General Stanley Eric Reinhart's 65th Infantry Division captured Hohenfels. Generalmajor Gustav Geiger, staff and guards surrendered. The POW camp with numerous British inmates was liberated.

In 1951, Hohenfels became a training area for the United States military and was used primarily by United States forces until 1956. In 1955, the German Bundeswehr was founded, and in 1956 the first German unit was stationed in Camp Poellnricht (i.e. Lager Pöllnricht) which had been formerly, a displaced persons camp, until their deactivation in 2001. From 1956 to 1988, the Hohenfels Training Area was used by NATO forces consisting primarily of American, German, Canadian, and occasionally British and French forces.

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HOHENFELS, Germany— The Hohenfels boys basketball team went into Saturday without having a played a game this season ...Hohenfels topped AFNORTH 47-38, then blitzed Brussels 51-19 ... It wasn’t until the third period when Hohenfels began to stack up a decent lead, 31-26 ... Hohenfels’ ......

HOHENFELS, Germany — The Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels will be expanding soon, adding around $50 million worth of new housing for incoming troops and other infrastructure ... “We are seeing growth in Hohenfels,” Army spokesman NathanVan Schaik said....

HOHENFELS, Germany – The AFNORTHLions capitalized on many mistakes made by the HohenfelsTigers on Saturday to rack up a 64-12 victory during a six-man football game. AFNORTH head coach Greg Blankenship says his team owes its victory to keeping its own mistakes to a minimum, while capitalizing on those of Hohenfels....

Seventh in a series of looks at high school football camps around Europe. HOHENFELS, Germany – The HohenfelsTigers are working hard to get ready for this year’s new six-man DODEA-Europe Division III football games. It’s something that works out well for the small school, which often times struggles with getting enough players ... One known ... Twitter....